Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, once a rising star in the state’s Democratic Party, was charged Thursday with leaking grand jury information and then lying under oath to hide her involvement.
Kane, 49, was charged with perjury, conspiracy, obstructing justice, official oppression and false swearing stemming from an investigation that began more than a year ago. Her driver, Patrick Reese, was charged with aiding the cover-up.
A jury found Houston criminal defense attorney Abraham Moses Fisch guilty on May 27 of 18 criminal charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to defraud defendants who were facing federal criminal charges in Houston.
A jury in U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal’s court in the Southern District of Texas found Fisch guilty of one charge of conspiracy, four counts of obstruction of justice, seven counts of money laundering, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and five counts of failure to file tax returns. He was found not guilty of one count of corrupt endeavor to impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue Code.